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Signal Geocoin - Nov 06

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Released:
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Origin:
Pennsylvania, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of Xx10Bella10xX.

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I've almost hit all the German states! Only a few more to go!

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Signal Geocoin - Nov 06 front

Geocoin of the month club November 2006 coin, featuring SIGNAL the frog!

23-Jan-11: I visited Cachepalooza 5, and was discovered by over 40 people! THANKS!
13-Mar-11: I've arrived in Germany! Wahoo!


So far I have visited the following Deutsches Länder: (Thanks, Droelfzehn!)

13/Mar/2011 ... Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia)

Nordrhein-Westfalen (Northrine-Westphalia) was founded on August 23, 1946 by the British military administration in Germany by fusing of the Province of Westphalia and the northern parts of the Rhine Province, to which the Free State of Lippe was added in 1947. The blazon (see at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_North_Rhine-Westfalia.svg) has been designed by Wolfgang Pagenstecher (a famous German heraldist living in Düsseldorf). On March 10, 1953 this has been confirmed by the Law about the state's colours, the state's coat of arms and the state' s flag which starts as follows:
§ 1 The state's colors are green-white-red.
§ 2 The state's coat of arms is party per pale Vert a bend sinster wavy Argent and Gules a horse rampant Argent, enté en point embowed Argent a rose Gules seeded and leaved Or.

25/Mar/2011 ... Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate)
03/Sep/2011 ... Sachsen (Saxony)
22/Oct/2011 ... Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony)
22/Oct/2011 ... Schleswig-Holstein (Schleswig-Holstein)
23/Oct/2011 ... Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
30/Oct/2011 ... Thüringen (Thuringia)
06/Dec/2011 ... Brandenburg (Brandenburg)
06/Dec/2011 ... Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt)
06/Apr/2012 ... Saarland (Saarland)
28/May/2012 ... Hessen (Hesse)


The Federal State Hessen (Hesse) was founded on 1 December 1946 and has evoveld of Groß-Hessen (Greater Hesse) which was formed by the Allied Control Council on 19 September 1945 after WWII.

19/Jan/2013 ... Baden-Württemberg (Baden-Wuerttemberg):

Baden-Würtemmberg has been founded on 25. April 1952 by fusing Württemberg-Baden, Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern.

21/Jan/2012 ... Bayern (Bavaria) (Thanks, Moonjay!)

Bavaria is one of the oldest states of Europe, it was established as a duchy in the mid first millennium. It is Germany's second most populous state (after North Rhine-Westphalia), with 12.5 million inhabitants. Bavaria's capital, Munich, is Germany's third largest city.

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    Tracking History (14035.1mi) View Map

    Discovered It 1/21/2011 Wall--E discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered during the Cacheapalooza 5 Event. Had lots of fun and looking forward to the next one.

    Retrieve It from a Cache 1/15/2011 NKLRanch retrieved it from Welcome to the Cape Florida   Visit Log

    picked this little guy up to take to Cacheapalooza5... there will be lots of people there, maybe one is going back to Germany!

    Dropped Off 1/7/2011 TeamD3 placed it in Welcome to the Cape Florida - 1,162.27 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 12/25/2010 TeamD3 retrieved it from Oneonta TB B&B (and fishing)! New York   Visit Log

    Taking the coin to Sarasota, FL. Lots of people travel to Europe from there, so perhaps the coin can make it to Germany. At least there will be sunshine!11

    Dropped Off 12/22/2010 Tundra Wolf placed it in Oneonta TB B&B (and fishing)! New York - 92.06 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 12/8/2010 Tundra Wolf retrieved it from Bear Creek Falls Pennsylvania   Visit Log

    Well, the first step on your journey should be to get near a TB hotel near an airport......we'll see what we can do!

    Visited 12/5/2010 Tundra Wolf took it to All Dogs Go To Heaven Pennsylvania - 4.56 miles  Visit Log
    Dropped Off 11/26/2010 DctrSpott placed it in Bear Creek Falls Pennsylvania   Visit Log
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